Religious rites of native Americans. Priests flagellate themselves with rope, pierce their feet with nails, and offer incense to an idol who holds arrows in one hand and a religious object or shield with five feathers on it in the other. Also includes skulls and bones.

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Religious rites of native Americans. Priests flagellate themselves with rope, pierce their feet with nails, and offer incense to an idol who holds arrows in one hand and a religious object or shield with five feathers on it in the other. Also includes skulls and bones.

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Source creator:

Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625

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Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, d. 1625

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Source Title:

[Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. English] The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd the West-Indies ... Vol. II

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[Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos. English] The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd the West-Indies ... Vol. II

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Source place of publication:

London

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London

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Printed for Jer. Batley at the Dove in Pater-noster-row

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Printed for Jer. Batley at the Dove in Pater-noster-row

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Source date:

M.DCC.XXV. [1725]

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M.DCC.XXV. [1725]

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Priests (tlamacazqui or keepers of the gods) of Mexico would flagellate themselves, pierce their feet with thorns, or beat each other with stones to atone for the sins of the common people. They would play musical instruments such as horns, use incense, and wash their idol in blood. Here the god referred to is Huitzilopochtli whose name means "Blue hummingbird on the left" and who was the Aztec god of the sun and war. A turquoise or fire serpent (xiuhcoatl) was his mystical weapon. This work is derived from Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 9, plate 7.

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Priests (tlamacazqui or keepers of the gods) of Mexico would flagellate themselves, pierce their feet with thorns, or beat each other with stones to atone for the sins of the common people. They would play musical instruments such as horns, use incense, and wash their idol in blood. Here the god referred to is Huitzilopochtli whose name means "Blue hummingbird on the left" and who was the Aztec god of the sun and war. A turquoise or fire serpent (xiuhcoatl) was his mystical weapon. This work is derived from Theodor de Bry's America. Pt. 9, plate 7.